Overview

- Becca di Tzaboc or Punta di Luetta - 3.214 m -

They say that when seen from its eastern side it looks like a big eagle with its wings folded out upon the head, on the opposite side looks like a small wedge supporting the NE side of the small Luetta Glacier. The summital ridge, coming from the Punta di Feluma toward SW, after the summit goes to N-NE dropping for about 100m over the omonymous pass (3.082m) then grows up to Quota (3.275m) and to the Becca di Tos (3.301m).

Getting There

From Switzerland: through the Grand Saint Bernard Tunnel or the namesake Pass.

From France, through the Mont Blanc Tunnel or Petit Saint Bernard Pass: It is not necessary to take Motorway A5: you can drive on SS.26, in the direction of Leverogne.

BY PLANE:

Aeroporto Internazionale "Corrado Gex" Saint Christophe (Aosta).

Route

From Aosta along the SS26 till near Leverogne, here you have to turn into the Regional Road of Valgrisenche and, after passing Rochefort, La Ravoire, Prariond, Cére e La Béthaz, cross the bridge on the left before the tunnel to get Plantè Village (1.656m). At the first hairpin bend start along the muletrack in the wood (Alta Via 2) and, crossing Verconey Desot and Damont (1.980m), follow the forestal road to Maison Forte(2.365m); walk along the bottom of the valley along the stream (Torrent de Luetta) up to a small lake (2.900m) at the beginning of the morain of the Luetta Glacier. Trough a small notch (marks of the glacier) and a wide ledge toward E-SE to get the pass between the Punta di Luetta and the Punta di Feluma, last 50 metres are on gravel. Along the S-SW side and the SW ridge on low marked tracks you must turn to the left a greenish rock then go to the right (variant along the ridge, very exposed, on bad quality rock) and cross to the N side of the ridge up to a chimney with a fitted block of rock (II° UIAA).
Toward South (great exposure), on often wet rocks (III°+ UIAA), to get the slanted slab of the summit (3h'30/4h'30). Careful with snow or ice.